A day after the SeaGrass Concert Series brings a slate of Americana music to Dauphin Island, the Sunset Jazz Series promises to provide a second memorable musical experience for the Labor Day weekend.

The Sunset Jazz Series, a completely separate event from SeaGrass, provides counterpoint in more ways than one: It takes place in a different location, features a different musical palette and is (mostly) free.

Sponsored by the town of Dauphin Island, the Sunset Jazz Series concludes on Sunday, Aug. 31, with a concert featuring the Mobile Big Band Society and the Birmingham-based Chad Fisher Group. It begins at 4:45 p.m. on the island's West End Beach. For patrons wearing SeaGrass wristbands, admission is free; for others, there is a $5 environmental fee for parking and a $2 fee for park visitors arriving by on foot or by bicycle.

The Mobile Big Band is an ensemble dedicated to preserving the Port City's tradition of classic jazz. The Chad Fisher Group brings a different mix of influences that likely will be new to coastal Alabama listeners: Fisher said that his ensemble has performed on the Gulf Coast, but this will be its first visit to the Mobile area.

"We're coming down with a six-piece band," said trombonist Fisher. "Technically it could be called a jazz band, though I hesitate to call it such ... I prefer to kind of call it roots music. It is jazz, but it's a little more varied. We lean on the swing era of jazz a little more, like Count Basie and Ellington in the way we play, the spirit of that music."

Fisher said the group started out as an instrumental jazz ensemble, then gradually came to draw on an increasingly diverse range of influences as he began to explore songwriting. The result is an eclectic sensibility that even includes classic Hank Williams Sr. songs.

"I wish I was down on Saturday," he said. "I hate that I'm going to miss my friends that are playing on Saturday."

Patrons are welcome to bring food, drink, chairs and blankets to the West End Beach; rental chairs and concession vendors will be on hand. Glass containers, grills and pets are prohibited at the West End Beach. For more information, visit "Friends of Dauphin Island" on Facebook.